(with apologies to Melville) I recently picked up Moby Dick again and was immediately struck by the opening lines. With some modifications, here they are: Call me Smokebeard. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me in town, I thought I would hike about…
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Long Trail Highlight Reel Videos
The peppy, up-tempo highlight reel from my Long Trail 2019 trip. And the slower, slightly more lyric reel.
LT21 – Journey’s End – 273
If you want to skip to the end, I did hike the whole Long Trail. Day 18 – Corliss Camp – 233 Rain started 5 min after I left the trailhead and even said out loud, in spite of the grim and lowering clouds, “I’ve got a good feeling about today.” (Squint and you can…
LT17 – Johnson – 222
Sep 18 – Day 12 Into and out of Waitsfield, with a long stopover at Three Mountain Coffee. After dillydallying as long as i could, I started walking to theedge of town where the road made an obvious split north. Plus, I feel that hitching from th outskirts of town is less likely to draw…
Long Trail videos, part 1
Random videos from my Long Trail trip. https://youtu.be/watch?v=3Sv-2oEmD9k&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=VFkoSfOa4gs&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=ciK4vf6J6hM&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=9-tvsWnj60w&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=9WbXBev55s8&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=HGsGOgVCFpg&rel=0